Toro 44" Recycler Kit Installation guide

Brand: Toro

Model: 44" Recycler Kit

Category: Lawnmowers

Type: Installation guide

FORM NO. 3322–658

Model

No. 79174

INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS

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Parts

Note: Use the chart below to identify parts used for assembly.

DESCRIPTION QTY. USE

Kicker

Carriage bolt 5/16–18 x 3/4” (19mm)

Spacer

Locknut 5/16” (7.9 mm)

Install kickers

High–lift blade

Replace standard blades on mower

Baf

fle, left side

Baf

fle, right side

Bolt 5/16–18 x 1-1/4” (31.8mm)

Bellville washer

Locknut 5/16” (7.9mm)

Install Recycler



baf

fles

Decal 1

Install onto mower

Preparing

the Mower

1. Remove the mower from tractor; refer to

Removing the Mower, in Mower Operator’s

Manual.

2. Thoroughly clean the mower. All debris must be

removed to ensure that the baffles and kickers

will fit properly against cutting chamber.

3. Tip the mower upside down and block up the

ends to ease installation of the

Recycler



baffle.

IMPORTANT: There are bolts (washers and

locknuts) installed in some of the open holes

of the cutter deck for safety. Remove this

hardware if the hole is needed for installation

of the Recycler



kit. Save these fasteners and

reinstall them in the same open holes when

any portion of the Recycler



kit is removed.

Installation

Installing

the Kickers

Place spacers and kickers inside the mower, over the

holes provided (Fig. 1). Remove any hardware

installed in these holes and save for reinstallation if

the kickers are removed. Secure the kickers with (4)

5/16–18 x 3/4” (19 mm) carriage bolts, (through from

the top side of the mower) and (4) 5/16” locknuts

(Fig. 1).

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Figure 1

1. Kicker

2. Spacer

3. Bolt

5/16–18 x 3/4”

(19mm)

Locknut 5/16” (7.9mm)

Installing

the High-lift Blades

1. Remove standard blades (Fig. 2).

2. Holding the blade end using a rag or thickly

padded glove, install each high–lift blade,

Belleville washer (concave side toward the

blade) and the blade bolt (Fig. 2).

IMPORTANT: The sail (curved part of the

blade) must be pointing toward the top of the

mower to ensure proper cutting.

3. Tighten the blade bolt to the torque specified in

the Mower Operator’

s Manual.

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Figure 2

1. Blade

bolt

2. Belleville

washer—concave side

toward blade

3. Blade

4. Spindle

5. Sail

Installation

Installing

Recycler



Decal

1. Remove backing paper and apply decal to left

side of mower (Fig. 4). Smooth from center to

edges to remove air bubbles.

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Figure 3

1. Mower

left side

2. Decal

Assemble

the Recycler

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Baffles

1. Place (4) 5/16”–18 x 1 1/4 bolts into the deep

recessed holes in the left and right baffles.

Secure the bolts with (4) 5/16” locknuts in the

shallow recesses. Refer to Figures 4 and 5 for

correct assembly and hole usage.

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Figure 4

1. Deep recess

Bolt 5/16–18 x 1-1/4”

(31.8mm)

Locknut 5/16” (7.9mm)

Installing

the Recycler



Baffles

1. Place the left side baffle inside the cutting

chamber. Secure it with (2) 5/16” locknuts and

(2) Bellville washers (Fig. 5).

Note:

Concave side of Bellville washers goes

toward the mower

2. Place the right side baffle inside the cutting

chamber so the extended lug interlocks with the

left side baffle, and secure it with (2) locknuts

and 2 Bellville washers (Fig. 5).

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Figure 5

1. Baffle

left side

2. Baf

fle right side

Bolt 5/16–18 x 1-1/4”

(31.8mm)

Bellville washer

Locknut 5/16” (7.9mm)

3. Tighten all mounting hardware securely.

4. Rotate blades to assure there is at least 1/8”

clearance between blades and baffle.

5. Install mower onto tractor; refer to Installing the

Mower, in Mower Operator’

s Manual.

Installation

Removing

the Right

Baffle

for

Side Discharge Cutting

1. Thoroughly clean the mower.

2. Remove the locknuts and Bellville washers from

the right side baffle (Fig. 5).

Note: Only the right side baffle needs to be

removed for side discharge mowing.

Note: Save the hardware for use when

reinstalling the baffle.

3. Lift the baffle and slide it out of the interlock

with the left side baffle.

4. For safety, install the previously removed bolts,

washers and locknuts into the open holes of the

mower, wherever hardware was removed.

POTENTIAL HAZARD

• Open holes in the mower expose you and

others to thrown debris.

WHAT CAN HAPPEN

• Debris thrown out of holes in the mower

can cause injury.

HOW TO AV

OID THE HAZARD

• Never operate the mower without hardware

mounted in all holes in the mower.

• Install hardware in mounting holes when

the baffle is removed.

Toro 44" Recycler Kit Installation guide

Brand: Toro

Model: 44" Recycler Kit

Category: Lawnmowers

Type: Installation guide

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